Medicament injection device

• US 7,001,360 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2003
• Issued: 02/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dca Design International Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dca Design International Ltd.
• Inventors: Veasey, Robert Frederick, Holdgate, James Alistair
• Primary Examiner(s): KENNEDY, SHARON E
• Application Number:
  US10/347,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20040087903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: 604/131, 604/139, 604/151, 604/154, 604/155, 604/224, 604/232
• US Class Current: 604/155
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump

Abstract

The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device in which the medicament to be delivered is stored within a cartridge having a displaceable piston therein. The displaceable piston is driven to expel medicament by way of a lead screw that is advanced and retracted by way of a suitable drive mechanism. A guideway through which the lead screw travels is provided. However, in known devices the guideway is held in position by other components of the apparatus. Such devices can be complex to manufacture. Also they may require disassembly and reassembly when a cartridge is to be replaced. This is a disadvantage if the user, as is common amongst those with diabetes, is infirm or has impaired vision. A medicament delivery device is disclosed comprising a main housing, a threaded lead screw having opposing flat surfaces, rotary driving means having inner wall surfaces corresponding to the opposing flat surfaces of the lead screw and a guide housing having an opening through which the threaded lead screw is received in which the guide housing is permanently fixed to the main housing.

Claims

1. A medicament delivery device comprising:

a main housing,

a motor,

a threaded lead screw having opposing flat surfaces,

rotary driving means, and

a guide housing having an opening configured to a cross section of the lead screw so as to prevent relative rotation between the lead screw and the guide housing, the guide housing being permanently fixed to the main housing,

wherein the motor drives the lead screw through a plurality of the rotary driving means and the motor and the plurality of rotary driving means are carried from the guide housing unit.

2. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, in which the guide housing is formed integrally with the main housing.

3. The medicament delivery device according to claim 2, in which the main housing comprises two half shells and a guide housing unit in which the guide housing is formed.

4. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the rotary driving means comprises a plurality of drive train elements.